Wire-reeling device for wagons.



' E- A. SKJONHAUG. W|RE REELING DEVICE FOR WAGONS.

APPLICATION FILED OCT. 27; 1915.

Patented Nov. 21, 1916.

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E. A. SKJONHAUG. WIRE REELING DEVICE FOR WAGONS.

APPLICATION FILED OCT. 27, I915.

1,205,803. Patented Nov. 21, 1916.

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WIRE-REELING LDYEIV'I'IIEv FOR WAGONS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 21, 1916.

Application filed October 27, 1915. Serial No. 58,189.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, EDWARD A. SKJON- HAUG,citizen of the United States, residing at Buffalo, in the county ofHarding and State of South Dakota, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Wire- ReelingDevices for Wagons; and I do hereby declarethe following to be a full, clear, and exact description of theinvention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to 'which itappertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to a device for reeling wire, and similarmaterials, and is adapted to be'mounted on the body of a wagon, so thatthe wire can be reeled or unreeled during travel of the wagon, and theprimary object of the invention is to admit of the reel, when filledwith wire, or when the wire has been unwound therefrom, to beconveniently and expeditiously removed and a new reelsubstitutedtherefor.

Another object of the invention is to admit of the reel being heldstationary during the travel of the wagon or to revolve during thetravel of the wagon, as desired. A further object of the invention is toprovide a novel form of operating means for the reel by means of whichthe reel can be held stationary or'made to revolve during the travel ofthe wagon.

Other objects will appear and be better understood from that embodimentof my invention of which the following is a specification, referencebeing bad to the accompanying drawings forming a part thereof in which pFigure 1 is a fragmentary sectional detail view through oneof the rearcorners of a wagon body, showing the reeling device applied to the sideof the body, Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the reelingdevice removedfromthe wagon body, Fig. 3is a vertical sectional view, taken on theline 3-3 of Fig. 2, Fig. 4 is a longitudinal sectional view takenthrough Fig. 2, Fig. 5 is a top plan view of the reeling device, Fig. 6is a sectional detail view through one end of the shaft for the reel.

Referringto the drawings, the letter A designates one side of a wagonbody, B the rear axle and Cone of the rear'wheels of the wagon. l

The invention consists *of a rectangular shaped platform 1 adaptedto bepositioned to one sid of a w gon ody, endhas one end provided withspaced. angular irons 2, each of the irons having one of its sidesdepending downwardly and engaging over the upper edge of the adjacentside of the wagon body, as shown in Fig. 1, and the op posite end of theplatform has connected thereto the upper ends of diagonal brace rods 83,the lower ends of which have connection with the side of the wagon body,as shown in Fig. 1.

Mounted upon the platform 1 is a pair of spaceddiagonally extendinguprights 4-4,

the upper ends of which are spaced and extend parallel with each otherand with the platform. Mounted upon the upper ends of the uprights H isthe bottom plate 5 of a bearing, the topor companion plate of thebearing being carved in transverse section, and designated by thenumeral 6, and is connected to the bottom plate 5 by means of bolts 7which extend through the flanges carried by the top plate and through,the lower plate and engage in the adjacent ends of the uprights. Theplates 5 and 6 of the bearing are adapted 'to rotatably receivetherebetween one end of a horizontally disposed shaft 8, the said end ofthe shaft 8 being extended outwardly beyond the bearing and has keyedthereto, and in spaced relation to each other, a worm wheel 9 and asprocket wheel. 10.

Encircling thehub of the wheel C is a sprocket 11. This sprocket wheel11 is larger than the sprocket wheel 10, and has connection with certainspokes of the wheel C by means of U-shaped clips 12 which straddle thespokes and extend through the sprockets at opposite points, theterminals of the sides of these clips having studs 13 threaded thereon,so as to prevent the accidental withdrawal of the clips from operativepositions.

A sprocket chain 14 operatively connects the sprockets 10 and 11together, so that during the travel of the wagon, rotary movement willbe imparted to the shaft 8.

Rotatably: and slidable on the shaft 8 is a pair of companion clutchdisks 15 and 16. Each of the disks has alug 17 thereon, slidablyreceived by a longitudinal groove 18 formed in the shaft 8. These disksare adapted to be forced against the opposite ends of a reel19, which isloosely mounted n the shaft and positioned between the disks so astolock the reel to the shaft so that the same can rotate with the Shaft,

when the latter is operated. The outer side of the disk 16 has a collar20, against which engages one end of a coil spring 21, which springencircles the shaft 8 and has its opposite end engaging against a collar22 mounted on the shaft 8, and located between the spring 21 and thebearing for the shaft.- A coil spring 23 encircles the other end of theshaft .8 and has one end engaging against theout'er face of the disk 15,and its opposite end engaging against the slidable collar 24 mounted onthe outer end of the shaft 8'. The collar 2 f is adapted tobe heldstationary du'ring rotation of theshaft 8,. and has an opening 25therein for the re cep'ti'on Oflubr'icant, and the said-collar hasitsopposite sides provided with vertical grooves 26 and 27, whichare'adapted to receive'the sides of a yoke 28 the free ends of which arepivoted to' 'theopposite sides of the'platform 1, as shown at 29.

- Located above the bearing, for the shaft 8, is an operating lever 30.This operating lever has itslower end connected to the cross bar of aninverted substantially U-shaped member 31, which straddles the bearingfor the shaft 8, andhas the free end of its side loosely mounted on atransverse rod 32, which extends through openings 33 in the free endsof; the sides of the U sh'aped me'm her-'31, and has its opposite endsbentdownwa'rdly' and secured in any suitable manner to the oppositelongitudinal edges of the platform 1; v The operating lever 30 and theyoke 28 are connected to each other by means of'a connecting rod 34."The rod 3 L has an eye formed in one end thereof which loosely receivesthe connecting bar foi' the sides oft-he yoke niember 28- and has itsopposite end bent laterally andinserted'within an opening in theoperating lever 30 and secured therein'in any suitable manner hen theoperating lever 30 is moved in the direction of'the worm 9, the'yol ze28 will move the collar 24 on the shaft 8 and cause the spring 23 toforce the disk 15' into tight frictional engagement with the adjacentend of the reel 19, and cause the opposite end of the reel to move intotight engagement with the disk 16, and lock the reel to the shaft 8 soas to cause the reel to rotate with the shaft. When the operating leveris released or moved in theopposite direction, the collar 24 will movetoward the adjacent end of the shaft 8 and release the pressure on thedisk 15', resulting in the releasing 'of the disks en'd'of a pivotedhandle 38 carried by the upper end of the operating lever 30, and thelower end of the locking member 37 is adaptedto be interchangeablyreceived by the opening 36' in the plate 35, so as to hold 'the lockinglever in different adjusted posi- 40 which meshes with the'wornr 9'- onthe shaft 8: One end of the shaft 39 extends beyond the adjacent upright4E and has mounted thereon a rectangular shaped meniber 41' which isadapted to rotate with the" shaft 39." Associated with" the platforinlis a guide This guidef'isformedof an elongated rod having one end bentupon itself to provide a-vertical rod 43, which has its upper endterminating in an eye 44 disposed adjacent the reel 19:, and: theopposite end of the rod is loosely extended through a transverse passagein'the platform and has its terminal extending beyond: the platform andbent upwardly, as' at 45, and; connectedto one end of a' horizontallyreciprocating rod 46', theopposite'end of the rod 46 having connectionwith one end ofthe rectangular member 4 1 carriedby the shaft 39.

In use," when it" is desired to wind wire on the reel, one end of thewire is wrapped once'or twice around the reel so as-t-o' give theinitial winding to'the wire, or the said" the direction of the adjacentend of the shaft 8, the movement of the yoke being continued until thecollar 24: iswithdrawn from the shaft 8, after which: operation-thespring 23 and disk 1"5Jare removed from the shaftso as to admit of thereel being removed and a new one substituted therefor.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new is-:-:

1. In a wire reeling device for Wagons, the combination of a platformcarried by the wagon, shaft journaled on the platform, clutch disksslidable on the shaft and adapted to rotate.therevvith;,one'of thedisksbeing detachable from the shaft, a reel; loosely mounted 'on' theshaft and: positioned'between the clutch disks, a collar slidable on;the shaft and positioned at one end-thereofand in spaced'relation to thedetachable disks, a helical spring mounted on thes'haft and having oneend engaging the collar and the other end engaging the detachable disk,an operating lever, means pivoted on the platform and engaging thecollar and having connection with the operating lever, whereby to slidethe collar in the direction of the detachable disk, when the operatinglever is 0 erated, so as to compress the spring and slide the detachabledisk intov engagement with the reel.

2. In a reeling device, the combination with a platform, uprightscarried by the platform and arranged in spaced relation, a bearingcarried by the upper ends of the uprights, a shaft journaled in thebearing, a reel loosely mounted on one end of the shaft, a worm mountedon the other end of the shaft, a second shaft journaled in the uprightsand having a gear thereon arranged in meshing engagement with the wormon the first mentioned shaft, a recta ngular shaped member secured tothe second mentioned shaft, a movable guide, means connecting the guideto the rectangular member, so as to operate the guide when the secondshaft is operated, means slidable on the first-mentioned shaft andadapted to rotate therewith and adapted when slid in one direction toengage the reel and lock the same to the shaft so as to eflect rotationof the reel, a collar slidably and removably mounted on thefirst-mentioned shaft, a spring carried by the shaft and interposedbetween the collar and the sliding means, an operating lever, and meansconnecting the operating lever to the collar so as to effect slidingmovement of the collar when the lever is moved in one direction so as tocause the sliding means to be moved into Copies of this patent may beobtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,Washington, D. G.

